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HEDD A GABLER FILM NOTE SOpening scene
Juliana dressed how I
o
imagined
&
Many layers .
Patterns and the hat
with
·
George speaks fast
high voice inflections ,
showing excitement ,
with a
regular rythums
her hat her with
· Close with Juliana ,
helping her wh ,
comforting a
hug
· His velvet jacket
gives off "comfy vides"
& not sure how else to describe
Hedda stiff With sharp movements and tone to match
o seems ,
showing class .
a
· keeps her distance from the other characters and when she is close she almost seems to look down her nose
Thea Arrives
Seems loose next to Hedda both in posture and
· :
way of
speaking
Fiddles with her hands how hands both fear and
grasps Hedda's
she is : in trust
·
showing nervous She also
Hedda almost be Thea's
o seems to
enjoying nervousness
Moves Not I
like molasses when at all as
imagined
Brack he
talks with
George finally returns
· Walks in front of
George in his own house Eilert
Loerborg Not
rougish
enough
L
Subtle show of status ?
· Hedda
lounges in a chair whilst she
verbally jousts with Brack : she has power in that moment closer to George in mannerisms
· Brack Sits down to stir the pot between Eilert and
George ; now he has the power than I
thought him to be
Kisses Hedda
·
goodbye : flirty
General Notes
Hedda
-
paces when stressed whereas George stands still and watches
Hedda
happily flirts with Brack i
laughing and
maintaining close
proximity and
wearing light dress
-
a
Brack Hedda
keeps his most of the time with
body language
-
open
eyes on
↳ contrast to Hedda's closed
body language
a
Hedda windows when stressed end
remains near the she is
especially in Particular near the
-
,
Brack's and he Hedda for Eilert
-
eye contact
gets stronger more sinister as presses answers about
-
Eye contact utilised often ,
mostly with Hedda and Brack and Hedda and Thea
has
-George a
very rhythmic way
of
talking
, HE D D A GABLERCON + EXT
The production first shown Munich not received well and had
in
negative reviews
-
, , was
This have been because
may
it was
airing society's dirty laundry in a public forum
L we are taken behind the scenes of Polite
society where
nothing is hidden
Would the well in-the-round ?
Play work
Gives Hedda nowhere to the end of surrounded
run
physically by the
play
-
on all sides
-
Is Hedda a suttle character ?
L
No Hedda wants idealised version of life and is far from subtle in this
, an
expressing
L
She invites drama and almost seems to thrive on it
Telling Loevdurg to kill himself
. burning the manuscript etc .
The classed
Play is often as a
tragicomedy with the
comedy showing through in number of moments :
-
a
0 The class divide
↑ The horse O Aunt Juliana's hat
* The footman o Social differences
o
George's reaction to
things : a bit
bumbling and often
missing the social cues of a situation
Some situations death
o , e.
.
g Loevdurg's
George full
humanity through his Hedda and
-
appears to be of - which comes tactile nature. and this contrasts to to comes across as cold stone-like
Hedda in
predatory looking for weakness to exploit
-
moves
very
a manner - a
L
Always in the house
(Society's role for a woman) but never
doing womanly' things such as
cooking or
swing
Instead does like father's
- she
things playing with her Pistols
-Very restrained in the role of a woman
* Doesn't want to let the outside in
insular world
-
Very
- Can't escape but is uncomfortable inside
very
Comes out in restlessness ?
pacing or
Aristotelian Convention the features
tragedy
: of
-
a
Hedda act action
: her father's the manuscript
always concludes in extreme Pistols
burning
-
an ,
Act 3 destruction "I'm child"
is all about
burning it I'm
turning
-
.
your
L shows how
she knows she knows
exactly the effect of what she's
doing
Hedda becomes lost in her desires and it
brings only destruction
Loss of self concludes the
Play ?
Hedda (Gabler)
-
rather than her married
is
mostly known
through her maiden name name
Rejection of traditional Female role ?
Gap class between Hedda hopes
-
and and Hedda to close this
in
George gap through George's academic career
She keeps the standards of the upper class
·
Men expected to
get as
high in
society as
they can ?
Hedda fears alone ?
-
being
So keeps male friends close (Brack .
Loerborg) and marries someone she doesn't love (George
replaced
Eventually by Thea and kills herself directly after
Brack
-
bachelor and so flirts with Hedda fill the gap
is
getting too old to be a to
his
Trying to
cling
to
youth , which is also seen
through his clothes which are too
young
for him
Uses his Hedda
-
and influence
respect as a
judge to manipulate
Hedda allows
things to slip with Brack that she wouldn't with others
-
she derates Juliana for
calling early but allows Brack to enter in the
wrong
door at a
very early hour
His social
standing affords him
leniency
doesn't with Brack flirts that have been frowned married
She act as
formally and even ,
something would upon for a
newly woman
, SET DESIGN
1
Design
shelf wr knicknacks
orair
arm
chair
table
deskchair
SethroughStuff
------------
-
*
a
of ↑ table
flowers
wh
↑Stove
-
-
Establew (footstool
flowers hairs
Stools
, c
- -
- Table covered in
Hall/off-stage
door
,
flowers and academic
Papers ,
shoved to one
end
french
windows -
-
O
piano
general Gabler's
portrait
Design 2 a
General Gabler's
mirrore
Portrait
des
books
3 3
Sofa
Saftey
er
chains
ceiling
-
↑ Cain
petalsfallover ta
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